Danish Minister for Development Cooperation, Christian Friis Bach, Thomas Carothers and Professor Milja Kurki will, among others, give their perspectives on how to approach “political” support to democracy

Wednesday morning in Pokhara, eight hours west of Kathmandu by car, on the day when the re-election of Obama has just been announced. Close to 100 local officials of the Maoist party have gathered for training, and DIPD has been invited to observe.

DIPD’s work in Nepal is organized through a Steering Committee consisting of 12 members from 6 political parties. In early November the SC met to review the draft for a DIPD Guide about “Political Parties at Local Level”.

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The vision of the Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy is to contribute to the development of well-functioning democratic political parties, multi-party systems and other institutions as central stakeholders in the democratic culture of selected developing countries.